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Intel, AMD Kernel Update: Retbleed Chip Flaw Resolved in RC 5.19

Linux kernel developers have addressed the Retbleed speculative execution bug in older Intel and AMD silicon, but the fix wasn't straightforward, so emperor penguin Linus Torvalds has delayed delivery of the next version by a week. . "When we've had one of those embargoed [hardware] issues pending, the patches didn't get the open development, and then as a result missed all the usual sanity checking by all the automation build and test infrastructure we have," Torvalds wrote in a post announcing the delivery of release candidate seven for version 5.19 of the kernel. "So no surprise – there's been various small fixup patches afterwards too for some corner cases." . Core OS engineers tackled the Spectre variant vulnerability affecting legacy Intel and AMD processors, implementing patches in the latest beta version.. Retbleed Chip Flaw, Linux Kernel Update, Intel AMD Security Fix. . Brittany Day

Calendar%202 Jul 19, 2022 User Avatar Brittany Day Security Vulnerabilities
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Greg Kroah-Hartman Discusses Ongoing Intel Chip Security Issues

The same Intel CPU speculative execution problems which led toMeltdown and Spectresecurity issues are still alive and well and Greg Kroah-Hartman, the stable Linux kernel maintainer, says we're going to see Intel chip security problems for years to come. Learn more about this issue: . Greg Kroah-Hartman, the stable Linux kernel maintainer, could have prefaced his Open Source Summit Europe keynote speech, MDS, Fallout, Zombieland, and Linux, by paraphrasing Winston Churchill: I have nothing to offer but blood sweat and tears for dealing with Intel CPU's security problems. Or as a Chinese developer told him recently about these problems: "This is a sad talk." The sadness is that the same Intel CPU speculative execution problems, which led to Meltdown and Spectre security issues, are alive and well and causing more trouble. The problem with how Intel designed speculative execution is that, while anticipating the next action for the CPU to take does indeed speed things up, it also exposes data along the way. That's bad enough on your own server, but when it breaks down the barriers between virtual machines (VM)s in cloud computing environments, it's a security nightmare. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . Concerns regarding Intel's speculative execution vulnerabilities remain prominent, as noted by Greg Kroah-Hartman at the Open Source Conference.. Intel Chip Security, Speculative Execution Problems, Linux Kernel Development. . Brittany Day

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